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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he studied English and History. He lives in Lincoln, NE with his wife Joie, their daughter Davy Joy, and sons Wendell, Austin, and Ambrose. Jake's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, Christianity Today, Fare Forward, the University Bookman, Books & Culture, First Things, National Review, Front Porch Republic, and The Run of Play and he has written or contributed to several books, including "In Search of the Common Good," "What Are Christians For?" (both with InterVarsity Press), "A Protestant Christendom?" (with Davenant Press), and "Telling the Stories Right" (with the Front Porch Republic Press).

Jake Meador

Neo-Anabaptists and the Benedict Option

Fatherhood and Carrying the Fire

On the Chestertonianism of Star Wars

Brief Update

Leaving Difficult Churches II: Common Objects of Love

Leaving Unhealthy Churches I: Why It’s Hard to Leave

On Prayer Shaming

Moral Sentimentalism and Mechanized Society

CS Lewis Archives of Mere O

SJWs, the Careerist Peace, and the American Corporation

When Grace “Fails”—The Music of Call the Midwife

Evangelicals need to read Richard Hooker.

Evangelicals are not modern gnostics. We’re materialists.

On the Demise of Grantland

Benedict, Patrick, Jeremiah, and Other Nouns as Well

The Strength of the Hills Is Not Ours–Our Modern Identity Crisis

The Benedict Option and the Pace of Middle Class Life

A Note on Mere O Notes

Neglecting the Body and Ignoring Nature–Thoughts on Complementarianism

Listener Response to the Mere Fidelity Refugee Episode